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been taken and is being maintained to prevent injury to vision. Where
necessary, visits have been paid by Dr. Hill or myself.
Vision Vision Family
Notified Treated Totalremoved Deaths
At home In hospital paired paired blindness Borough.
18 13 5 16 0 — 1*
*Died of Pneumonia.
Measles.
Under the Deptford (Measles) Regulations, 1922, made by the
Ministry of Health on the request of this Council, Measles was made
a notifiable disease. These Regulations came into operation on the
11th September, 1922. In view, however, of the closer co-operation
now existing between the London County Council School Medical
Service and the local Health Department, it has recently been decided
to ask the Ministry to rescind these Regulations.
2,317 cases were notified during the year under report, and were
visited by your Health Visitors and a special nurse, and arrangements
were made by the Ranyard Nurses Association for daily visits
of a nurse to such cases as your Medical Officer of Health deemed
advisable. 297 cases were removed to hospital in order to provide
necessary treatment for complications, whilst in some cases bad home
conditions necessitated such action. There were 30 deaths.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
Infantile Diarrhœa occurring in children of two years of age and
under is notifiable in this Borough by Order of the Council dated
27th July, 1920. During the year 1928, 113 such cases were notified,
and 5 of this number were admitted to hospital.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis caused 25 deaths during the year, 20 being
children under two years of age.
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
4 patients were notified as suffering from this disease during the
year. All the patients were removed to hospital, and, unfortunately,
all four cases terminated fatally.
Malaria.
1 case of Malaria was notified in the person of a man who had
contracted the disease in India some years ago.